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Is Makeup Permitted in a Carryon?? TSA Website Not Precise Enough

Help! Has anyone gone through security lately with any of these items? Tube of lipstick, creamy foundation and rouge, mascara, creamy concealer, eyeshadow? I have a extremely quick daytrip I have to make tomorrow to film a video (no, I'm not famous!) I am just taking my purse, no luggage whatsover. How in the world do I tell if any of this is prohibited, and what in the world can I do if any of it is?? The TSA website does not specifically say no lipstick - it says, "No liquid lipgloss;" "liquid foundation" is forbidden, but mine is in a very small tube and it's creamy. I am not in the mood to get there with everything and have to throw any of it out! For goodness sake, they'll let me wear a "gel bra," but I can't have a gram of concealer? I have to be able to put fresh makeup on when I get to my destination and I'm on an extremely tight schedule when I land - I'm only on the ground about two hours, so no time to shop when I get there.

Is this a dilemma or what! Please advise on anyone's recent experience!

My MIL flew just recently and forgot she had mascara and creamy foundation/coverup in her purse (its a huge purse, lol) and she had to toss them ( I do not think she had the option to put them in her checked luggage as it had already gone through).

I flew right after the restrictions were set in place. Basically couldn't bring on any cosmetics in liquid form, i.e., anything that moves. So moisturizer - prohibited. Lip blam in solid form in a pot - allowed. Solid concealers and lipsticks (the ones that come in a pot) should be okay to bring on.

I saw an article in the paper just a few days ago about how the airline flight attendants can't travel with any makeup either. Since they don't check bags, but only do carry on, they are mainly going without mascara, eyeshadow, etc.

My chopstick was confiscated from me in Charlotte NC two weeks ago. You wrote "I have a extremely quick daytrip I have to make tomorrow."
Why do you need all this stuff for a extremely quick day trip anyway?

Thanks for all the input. I am so screwed. The reason I need my stuff in my carryon is that I'm sure you all know that you can't put full makeup on at 7:00 am and have it look fresh at 3:00 pm, particularly after traveling, if you're going to be photographed, up close! My druthers would be to wear next to no makeup and apply it when I get there. If I were staying overnight, the point would be moot - I'd check my bag and no problems. My main problem is I have no time on the ground, even to wait for a checked bag (I can just see my tiny cosmetic bag going round and round all by itself on the luggage carousel!) Honestly, I am not a diva whatsover in the makeup department on a normal basis - a little mascara and lipstick and I'm good to go for the day. But really, if you were being video'd for an hour, wouldn't you want a fresh coat before they began?

The most annoying aspect is the rules are vague and inconsistent with the TSA and their power unlimited. For instance, KY Jelly is allowed on board. That is much more liquidy than mascara. (Is the lobby for the Mile High Club more powerful than Cover Girl's??)

I found a tiny sample mascara tube in my bathroom. I'm putting it in my bra. Let 'em send me to Guantanamo!

TSA does not grasp the fact that there are various kinds of cosmetics. They don't "get it" that a comprehensive list, i.e. naming kinds/brands/etc. would be ideal.

All I can gather is that tube lipstick is ok, compact powder & blusher are ok, eyebrow pencil is ok, but mascara or anything liquid or jell is not. I never figured my mascara was liquid ... what is actually in those tubes ?? I got this info from SW Airlines. A friend just flew within the US and she was able to take all these items. A lip pencil is OK too from what I hear. I guess the only way you find out is to get to security with the stuff and see if they allow it. OF course by that time your checked luggage is gone.

My husband and I changed planes in DFW yesterday (after arriving from JFK).

While boarding the plane, I walked on with an opened water bottle that I had absentmindedly put in my bag of breakfast. I noticed it after we were seated, but did not drink it for fear of being spotted by a FA.

Is there a makeup artist involved with this shoot? Maybe she/he could provide what you need. Or if you need special brands, could you call ahead and make arrangements with the video company? These seem like special circumstances, so maybe they'd be willing to help you out.

I would take one of the above suggestions before I would try to hide something on my person. I am sure its been tried before and I would bet they keep an eye out for that sort of thing.
Again for future reference check e-bay for sample lots. I just looked and found them for just about everything.

canterbury that's a good point about the water...something similar happened to us.... on the flight back from Vegas we bought bottled water at Starbucks near the gate. This was after the security check and everything, and we walked right onto the plane with it. We were 1/2 way thru the flight before a flight attendant noticed and took it away. There is no security check for what you carry on the plane once you're at the gate, and we thought it was OK to bring something on the plane that you purchased from the gate, but apparently not. And it occurred to me that there was a Crabtree & Evelyn store (after security check) that I almost bought some bath gel in but decided not to. I guess that would have been taken away if I had, but who would have known if I'd put it in my bag? The whole liquid check process seems a little "off" to me. If you can't bring it on the plane, they shouldn't sell it past the security check point unless they plan on scanning your carry-ons again.

To me this entire discussion and the reason behind it is missing the point. To inconvenience ALL travelers like they're doing so they can be politically correct, appeasing the idiot liberals (who are so opposed to the "evil" of profiling)when instead they should be looking for terrorists - not checking makeup in housewive's and grandma's carry-on. ALL of these attacks and attempts to attack have been committed by young, middle-eastern males, NONE have been committed by housewives or grandmas - but heaven forbid we check for THEM instead of worrying whether Susie and Mary Jane are carrying a dreaded liquid lipgloss on the plane!!

This is why we will NEVER win the war on terror - we don't have the ba_ _s to fight it in anyway that actually makes sense.

Whether or not bashful's comments are accurate, I do believe housewives and grannys are willing to do what they can to help the process. Is it all ridiculous? Maybe. So are so many things I see on a daily basis - but to keep this travel related and not political, I'll stop there.

"ALL of these attacks and attempts to attack have been committed by young, middle-eastern males, NONE have been committed by housewives or grandmas"

This is a really, really ignorant and stupid comment, Bashful. Apparently you don't watch much news - haven't you heard of the Chechen rebels with their female suicide bombers? If TSA decides to ignore "housewives and grandmas" as you suggest, guess who will be recruited and trained for the next terrorist attack?

Have you ever seen the HBO show "Curb Your Enthusiasm"..... whenever Larry David is questioning whether someone is telling him the truth he stares at them in the eyes and tilts his head baacck and fooorth very slowly......

we had a moment like this with the flight attendant when she took our water away (she playing the Larry David part of course)...

and the moment ended with her saying "you just never know what a terrorist looks like these days"

" saw an article in the paper just a few days ago about how the airline flight attendants can't travel with any makeup either. Since they don't check bags, but only do carry on, they are mainly going without mascara, eyeshadow, etc"

The article was WRONG. FAs are deemed to be MUCH more trustworthy then you and I, they can bring on thier makeup, thier water, thier coffee etc. That water they buy in the airport does not aquire magically DANGEROUS qualities as does the water you carry on.... That exception ALONE invalidated the ENTIRE "control" but the TSA beleives that "knee jerk" is wonderful!

IDIOTS are running this operation and WE are letting them...

As to the OP, find a FA and get him/her to get your contraband on board (I doubt it would work, but...)

I have had no trouble with samples, either. Mostly foil blister packs.
AND for my flight yesterday, I squirted handlotion on damp paper towels, folded them and slipped them into a ziploc. Yay! Now I have my wonderful hand lotion to use after I wash my hands.
Single use wet ones are OK.
Powder foundation, eye shadow and cake liner/mascara are OK.

Sharon, I am gonna do that. I will just carry a couple of avacados along on the trip...cut them in half, with my fingernails I guess? no knives allowed, then smash them on my face.
I imagine the attendants will take this calmly ,understanding the need for moist soft skin whatever the Airline restrictions..
Clinique City Base make up has 15 or 18 sunblock and comes in a solid "pancake" style that hopefully will pass inspection..

no matter what the restrictions are the terrorists have won. They get to screw up our lives and they get excited over it. Meanwhile our borders are wide open with any Latin American w/weapons/drugs whatever can get over the border.

We were at the Newark airport in late August. I bought diet cokes at the store by our gate, the clerk made me give her the caps to the soda. She said it was a new rule, to make sure you couldn't sneak them on. I carried the sodas back to my daughter hoping not to drop them. Boy, they probably would have came after me for that!

hester - that's a new one! I suppose the next step is watch one drink the entire soda in front of TSA...

tekwriter -

You've already made your trip, but in the future you may consider taking a makeup palette as some suggest here. I've been doing it for years, just to save space.

I use a MAC palette and have taken out the colors I don't like and replaced them with a bit of stick foundation, "pot" concealer, lip balm, eye brow wax, and a bit of Neutrogena Norwegian Formula hand creme - mix with a drop of water and I had enough to go LAX-JFK and back. I place a bit of waxed paper over the "additions" to keep them fresh.

It's small, slim, lightweight and you have all your makeup with you except mascara. I now bring a cake mascara.

starrsy, sharonG and all other girly gals~ awww shucks.. just finding a moment of silliness on a stormy Tuesday

really, you have to laugh thinking of all the clever ways to stay fresh and yet suitable for public appearance..pride and dignity are very appropriate in these confusing times, with or without wine, I might add.

Maybe we could market a new line of skin products using our wits.. I'm also thinking uing a charcoal art pencil in lieu of liner(though over 35, it becomes too harsh, so let's let that one go).

Howzabout Flyface One.. foundation could be Xtra Mileage, there could be Mile High mascara in a cake form(you wet it with water once onboard)....
here's one... a toner for mature skin called Saggage Claim, Seatback Satin hand cream, well, you get the idea..

actually, alcohol has antiseptic properties.. the dilemna however, is whether one wants to smell of gin, rum, tequila or whiskey when deplaning..

**I say swallow the worm as a diet aid, and remain ever so svelte in your Madonna purple leotard once you reach cruising altitude.. your comtrade in alternative skincare, J.